This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...

Intro -- Sprawl & Politics -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- 1. Room 217 -- 2. Brownfields, Chapman's Landing, and the Chestertown Wal-Mart -- 3. "Tell Them, 'The Governor Is Very Serious'" -- 4. The Initiative Begins to Take Shape -- 5. The Inside/Outside Strategy...